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Research Area B

Research goal

Identify conditions of effective personalization of learning with simulations when social interaction, collaboration, and feedback are of particular importance.

Selected publications

  • Bauer, E., Heitzmann, N., & Fischer, F. (2022). Simulation-based learning in higher education and professional training: Approximations of practice through representational scaffolding. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 75, Article 101213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2022.101213
  • Bauer, E., Sailer, M., Kiesewetter, J., Fischer, M. R., & Fischer, F. (2022). Diagnostic argumentation in teacher education: Making the case for justification, disconfirmation, and transparency. Frontiers in Education, 7, Article 977631. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.977631
  • Fischer, F., Bauer, E., Seidel, T., Schmidmaier, R., Radkowitsch, A., Neuhaus, B. J., Hofer, S. I., Sommerhoff, D., Ufer, S., Kuhn, J., Küchemann, S., Sailer, M., Koenen, J., Gartmeier, M., Berberat, P., Frenzel, A., Heitzmann, N., Holzberger, D., Pfeffer, J., Lewalter, D., Niklas, F., Schmidt-Hertha, B., Gollwitzer, M., Vorholzer, A., Chernikova, O., Schons, C., Pickal, A. J., Bannert, M., Michaeli, T., Stadler, M., & Fischer, M. R. (2022). Representational scaffolding in digital simulations – learning professional practices in higher education. Information and Learning Sciences, 123(11/12), 645-665. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-06-2022-0076
  • Fink, M. C., Heitzmann, N., Siebeck, M., Fischer, F., & Fischer, M. R. (2021). Learning to diagnose accurately through virtual patients: Do reflection phases have an added benefit? BMC medical education, 21, 523. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-02937-9 
  • Fink, M. C., Reitmeier, V., Stadler, M., Siebeck, M., Fischer, F., & Fischer, M. R. (2021). Assessment of diagnostic competences with standardized patients versus virtual patients: Experimental study in the context of history taking. Journal of Medical Internet Researchhttps://doi.org/10.2196/21196
  • Heitzmann, N., Opitz, A., Stadler, M., Sommerhoff, D., Fink, M. C., Obersteiner, A., Schmidmaier, R., Neuhaus, B. J., Ufer, S., Seidel, T., Fischer, M. R., & Fischer, F. (2021). Cross-Disciplinary Research on Learning and Instruction – Coming to Terms. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.562658
  • Radkowitsch, A., Sailer, M., Schmidmaier, R., Fischer, M.R., & Fischer, F. (2021). Learning to diagnose collaboratively – Effects of adaptive collaboration scripts in agent-based medical simulations. Learning and Instruction, 75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2021.101487
  • Chernikova, O., Heitzmann, N., Stadler, M., Holzberger, D., Seidel, T., & Fischer, F. (2020). Simulation-Based Learning in Higher Education: A Meta-Analysis. Review of Educational Research, 20(10), 1-43. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654320933544
  • Fink, M.C., Radkowitsch, A., Bauer, E., Sailer, M., Kiesewetter, J., Schmidmaier, R., Siebeck, M., Fischer, F. & Fischer, M. (2020). Simulation research and design: a dual-level framework for multi-project research programs. Educational Technology Research and Development, 68(6). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-020-09876-0
  • Radkowitsch, A., Fischer, M. R., Schmidmaier, R., & Fischer, F. (2020). Learning to diagnose collaboratively: validating a simulation for medical students. GMS Journal for Medical Education, 37(5). doi: 10.3205/zma001344
  • Stadler, M., Radkowitsch, A., Schmidmaier, R., Fischer, M., & Fischer, F. (2020). Take your time: Invariance of time on-task in problem solving tasks across expertise levels. Psychological Test and Assessment Modeling, 62(4), 517-525. [online]
  • Heitzmann, N., Seidel, T., Opitz. A., Hetmanek, A., Wecker, C., Fischer, M., Ufer, S., Schmidmaier, R., Neuhaus, B., Siebeck, M., Stürmer, K., Obersteiner, A., Reiss, K., Girwidz, R., & Fischer, F. (2019). Facilitating Diagnostic Competences in Simulations: A Conceptual Framework and a Research Agenda for Medical and Teacher Education. Frontline Learning Research, 7(4), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.14786/flr.v7i4.384
  • Förtsch, C., Sommerhoff, D., Fischer, F., Fischer, M. R., Girwidz, R., Obersteiner, A., Reiss, K., Stürmer, K., Siebeck, M., Schmidmaier, R., Seidel, T., Ufer, S., Wecker, C., & Neuhaus, B. J. (2018). Systematizing Professional Knowledge of Medical Doctors and Teachers: Development of an Interdisciplinary Framework in the Context of Diagnostic Competences. Education Sciences, 8(4), 207. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci8040207
  • Bauer, E., Sailer, M., Kiesewetter, J., Schulz, C., Gurevych, I. Fischer, M.R., & Fischer, F. (2022). Learning to Diagnose Students’ Behavioral, Developmental and Learning Disorders in a Simulation-Based Learning Environment for Pre-Service Teachers. In F. Fischer & A. Opitz (Eds.). Learning to Diagnose with Simulations - Examples from Teacher Education and Medical Education. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89147-3_8 
  • Chernikova O., Heitzmann N., Opitz A., Seidel T., & Fischer F. (2022). A Theoretical Framework for Fostering Diagnostic Competences with Simulations in Higher Education. In: Fischer F., Opitz A. (Eds.). Learning to Diagnose with Simulations - Examples from Teacher Education and Medical Education. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89147-3_2 
  • Fink M.C., Reitmeier V., Siebeck M., Fischer F., & Fischer M.R. (2022). Live and Video Simulations of Medical History-Taking: Theoretical Background, Design, Development, and Validation of a Learning Environment. In F. Fischer, & A. Opitz (Eds.). Learning to Diagnose with Simulations - Examples from Teacher Education and Medical Education. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89147-3_9 
        • Opitz, A., Fischer, M. R., Seidel, T., & Fischer, F. (2022). Conclusions and Outlook: Toward more Systematic Research on the Use of Simulations in Higher Education. In F. Fischer, & A. Opitz (Eds.). Learning to Diagnose with Simulations - Examples from Teacher Education and Medical Education. Springer. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-89147-3_11 
          • Radkowitsch A., Sailer M., Fischer M.R., Schmidmaier R., & Fischer F. (2022). Diagnosing Collaboratively: A Theoretical Model and a Simulation-Based Learning Environment. In F. Fischer, & A. Opitz (Eds.). Learning to Diagnose with Simulations - Examples from Teacher Education and Medical Education. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89147-3_10 
          • Richters, C., Stadler, M., Radkowitsch, A., Behrmann, F., Weidenbusch, M., Fischer, M.R., Schmidmaier, R., & Fischer, F. (2022). Making the rich even richer? Interaction of structured reflection with prior knowledge in collaborative medical simulations. In A. Weinberger, W. Chen, D. Hernández-Leo, & B.Che (Eds.), Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning - CSCL 2022 (pp. 155-162). International Society of the Learning Sciences. https://2022.isls.org/proceedings/ --> Best Paper Award